Answered Bringing threads back from the dead

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Man OH man I wish I knew how to do a screen shot! Perfect example right there as I write this,to what I'm taliking about.
When you scroll down to the bottom of a thread or post in a thread,there is the "similar threads" box.There are threads in there from the last world war! I clicked on one that was Dixie Lee Ray talking about gun control!
So the suggestion would be that maybe there should be a date cut off of how old a thread would be to be in that box? Say a year old,18mo? Some can be relevant like the animal threads,always timely. But the last one I looked at was about a gunman being shot in Edmonds in 2012? 13? Excuse the pun but that topic is dead and gone
And I know it would be impossible to go thru each thread and weigh it's importance to today's going ons so the date seemed the best way

Gold SupporterGold Supporter

Hey if it was a fun thread but it' OK to start a new thread.
Heck with the ones bashing you for not searching. I visit enough that I probably saw a thread on it.If not I'll start a new one. If I missed it,you can link it.Which many do.
No bashing needed though
Remember be nice

Unfortunately there isn't a way to differentiate between the ones which are relevant (such as information threads) and the ones which aren't when listing them in the Similar Threads box.

From a policy standpoint we leave it up to the individual to decide whether they should bump an old thread or create a new one. If it's something timeless, such as 'show your guns', then we'd prefer the old thread get bumped (and will sometimes merge the old and the new).

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